[Paraneoplasic pandysautonomia with anti-Hu antibodies: a presentation of pulmonary adenocarcinoma identified by PET scanning]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2004 Apr;160(4 Pt 1):465-7. doi: 10.1016/s0035-3787(04)70932-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A 74-year-old man developed pandysautonomia with severe orthostatic hypotension. Search for a paraneoplastic etiology was confirmed with the positivity of anti-Hu antibodies. [18] Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) enabled recognition of a lung adenocarcinoma. We emphasize the usefulness of PET scans for early diagnosis of cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / blood
  • Adenocarcinoma / complications
  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aged
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / blood
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / blood
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / blood
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / etiology*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*

Substances

  • Autoantibodies